Congressional Democrats demand answers from Palantir about surveillance ‘mega-database’ - validating months of investigative reporting that documented the company’s systematic expansion into domestic surveillance and war crimes operations.

While Trump provides theatrical distraction, the same figures who wrote Project 2025’s authoritarian playbook have systematically built and deployed the surveillance and weapons technology to implement it—creating an integrated system where policy and technology converge into techno-authoritarianism.

When Palantir and Anduril announced their partnership, it wasn’t just business news—it was the real-world reunion of Tolkien’s most powerful artifacts. Coincidence or destiny?

An examination of Palantir Technologies’ growing influence in military AI systems, from Project Maven to NATO partnerships, and how algorithmic warfare raises urgent ethical questions about surveillance, accountability, and the future of digital liberty in an increasingly automated battlefield.